Latest articles by Carol Saffer
Birth for Humankind delivers free support, so no-one should give birth alone
Twenty-year-old Zahra* was 30 weeks pregnant when her culturally conservative parents told her to leave the family home; they did not speak to her again.
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Threatened grasshopper jumps into new habitat
The Matchstick Grasshopper is an example of a “morabine” grasshopper, an Australian family of flightless grasshoppers found nowhere else in the world.
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Raptor in Royal Park
Ken Tay, a self-taught amateur photographer, started photographing in Royal Park two to three years ago for two hours of freedom and sanity each day during lockdown.
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Greens state MP will re-contest seat in November election
The recent Federal Election saw the Australian Labor Party gain seats in the Lower House allowing it to govern with a majority.
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Melbourne Zoo director Michelle Bruggeman resigns
Michelle Bruggeman stepped downed from her role as director at the Melbourne Zoo at the end of May to take on a significant new position in the aged care and retirement sector.
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